Find, make or combine images. Try new ideas! Don't forget to save your work!
Start on Paper | Draw on a computer | Snap a photo | Draw online | | Find an Image | Add to Your Image | Cool Tricks

Start on Paper

Use pencils, markers, crayons, collage or paint to make an image, then scan it. Work with your image after you scan it. You could draw in black and white, scan an image, and color it in a graphics program. Later, you can add words and frames with a computer.

Draw on a computer

Skitch

In Skitch, start with a blank screen, take a screen shot, or snap a photo, then draw with a pencil, lines, shapes and arrows. Resize your image by dragging the corners, then drag your design to wherever you'd like to save or use it.

Scribbles

Scribbles software gives you all kinds of cool brushes and an infinite canvas on which to draw. Turn on 'tracing mode' to trace whatever's under the Scribbles window.
Projects made with Skitch:

Projects made with Scribbles:

Snap a photo

Learn more about photography here!

Take a photo with a digital camera or iSight camera. Pay attention to what's behind your subject. Take more than one photo to get it right. Crop and adjust your photo in iPhoto or other image editing software later on. Use PhotoBooth (on a Mac with an iSight camera) to grab a photo and have fun with some of the special effects.
Learn more about digital photography.

Draw online

Use online tools for making art, then save them with Skitch or another screen shot tool. For example, have fun with the tools at:

• NGA Art Zone - use the many cool tools at the National Gallery of Art's Kid Zone to make great images.
• Crayola Digi-Color - use online versions of your favorite Crayola markers, crayons, etc. to create an image.
• Imagination Cubed - draw online by yourself or with a friend, then save your image by email or using a screen shot (e.g. Skitch).

Don't Forget!!! You can grab a copy of your online creation with Skitch or another screen shot tool, and save it to the place where you're working on your project.

Find an Image

• Search Google Images using key words related to your topic.
• Go to a web site related to your topic and grab an image there.
• Grab some clip art from RIF or the Discovery School clip art gallery
• Give credit – anytime you get an image from the web, you MUST copy the URL (web address) of the image you use! Include the URL in your project to give credit to the source of the image.
• Scan an image from a book or other print material. Any time you get an image from printed material, you MUST include the name and publishing information to give credit to the source of your image.

Add to Your Image

Skitch (heart) and Comic Life icons on the dock

• Combine your images in Comic Life, iWork Pages or Keynote, or any graphics or drawing program. For example, draw your own images, then add talking bubbles, other words, borders, shadows, etc. using Skitch, Comic Life or iWork Pages! You can also add a border, shadow, etc.
• Use the Instant Alpha option in iWork Pages to make part of your image transparent.
• Use the effects in Comic Life to change the appearance of a photo or to add text effects, talking bubbles and more...
• Once you have an image, you can drag it or paste it into Skitch to quickly and easily resize it before dragging it onto your final document.
• You can make or find several different images and combine them in layers once you're in iWork Pages.

Cool Tricks

Learn about Instant Alpha, layering and more – coming soon!